One of the games I loved playing with my students is a variation of I Spy. You know those books where you have to find an object among a mess of other objects? Well, there’s actually some incredible skills for
Visual Perceptual Skill Games
Paint without Fear in your Autism Classroom
Do you have paint eaters/slurpers/drinkers in your special education classroom? I do. I once went an entire semester of twice weekly art projects without painting. We colored, cut, glued and dot markered until the cows came home, but I couldn’t
Token Board Hacks
Token boards are a staple in many special education classrooms. Token economies are a best practice and appeal to students with autism because they are a physical and visual representation of positive reinforcement. There are many ways to put together
Community trips to the playground and why it’s ok
Part of my job is to take each of my four special education classes into the community each week. That’s over 1000 trips over these last 5 years. This year, I had someone criticize the fact that we go to
Cut and Paste Sequencing Work Task
Many students with autism have sequencing goals. Sequencing is one of those oh so important basic concepts that doesn’t always come easily. Many of them also have scissor goals. And since I LOVE tackling more than one goal at a